<p>My SAT critical reading and writing scores are awesome and I'm really pleased with them, but my math score is really really low. I'm really good at math at school, but for some reason I can't wrap my head around SAT math. I'm practicing, but it's useless since I can't even attempt half the questions. Does anyone have any good books or websites that could help? or a list of topics, so I can go through them one by one to study what I don't know. I've looked around but I can't seem to find one. Any help would be appreciated...</p>
<p>If you do well in math at school you should be familiar enough with the math concepts to get a good score. Try taking several practice tests with the answers right in front of you. Perhaps just getting familiar with the types of questions and answers that are typically on the test will help.</p>
<p>I am in a similar situation to you, with my math score about 120 points lower than both my critical reading and writing–and I’m in AB Calculus! Some of the work that I have been doing is reading through the math section of the Princeton Review SAT book, as well as the same section in the official College Board SAT book. Because your problem appears to be with grasping the concepts, rather than making silly arithmetic mistakes, going through practice tests with no feedback on wrong answers won’t help much. Another book to check out is Barron’s SAT 2400, which also has some good strategy tips. </p>
<p>Secondly, if you find yourself struggling with one concept in particular (averages, triangles, table problems), request a meeting with your math teacher to ask her questions. I did this, and it really helped with understand a concept that had seemed like gibberish.</p>
<p>Why can’t you answer half the questions? If you are a DECENT student, none of the concepts tested on the SAT should be new. The biggest issue is usually time and pressure. </p>
<p>Get the Blue Book and start taking tests with the answers in front of you. There are a number of books available that contain all answers in details. Check Amazon. Also look for the posts of Pckeller, Dr Steve, and Sat Quantum on CC, and links to their books and online help, including videos.</p>
<p>Get back to us in a few weeks and give practice a shot.</p>